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SkeleTalesGhostly Hotel HauntingsDid you miss us? Well, we've got a episode to sink your teeth into.In this episode, Alissa and Britt talk about haunted hotels.Britt recalls her stay at McMenamins Grand Lodge in Forest Grove Oregon and all the spooky ghostly tales that have happened in that old masonic building.Alissa shares her story of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel in Canada and the bellman who still works there even after he's died.She also regals a tale told from the front desk employee of a hotel who kept getting complaints...
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SkeleTalesGood Ol' HauntingsWe enter the spooky season with haunted tales that will make you have all the feel-good shivers and screams.Britt shares a haunted story of a little boy from the hot box by listener Mandy.Alissa dives into a haunted hospital that was so haunted they sold it for only $1!Britt tells a tale of a listener who discovers they played with ghosts in their old home as a kid only to have them return and lurk outside their room.Alissa enchants us with a story about either reincarnation, possession, or past life wonder where...
2024-10-1337 minSkeleTalesCurses!We cannot guarantee that you will not be cursed after listening to this episode, we can guarantee that you will have a great time and enjoy every minute of listening though. Yes, we've been gone for over a month, yes, we missed you too, Yes, it was because Alissa was cursed.She shared her tales of insane calamity that have ensued these past few weeks. Britt dives into stories of cursed tombs including the curse of King Tut’s tomb, the cursed tomb of King Casimir of Poland, and the unproven but certainly poss...
2024-07-1145 minSkeleTalesBritt Sees Dead People's Signs From Beyond The GraveIn this week's episode its Britt's turn to take over the show and warm Alissa's cold little heart with touching tales of loved one's reaching out from beyond the grave.From dead birds and shiny dimes to red cardinals and fluttering butterflies, there are many signs and symbols that folks associate with a visit from their deceased loved ones. Britt shares the object that her dad leaves behind to let her know he is close by and some of the unusual places she has found said object. This leads Alissa to startling revelation of her own.
2024-05-3022 minSkeleTalesPhantom Phone CallsSkeleTales is shaking it up this week with an Alissa only episode. This was completely planned and not due to Britt reading any text messages wrong.Alissa brings to the table bone rattling tales that take place over the phone. These phantom phone calls will have you gasping with goosebumps.She shares a story about mysterious calls for Tanya. Who is Tanya? No one will ever know because she mysteriously disappeared from the scene of an accident that happens right near the home of the calls.The next tale has our writer still scratching his head...
2024-05-1322 minSkeleTalesPast Life PartyJoin the party of a lifetime where kids remember their past lifetimes and are kind enough to share.We hear a tale about a young boy who remembers when he was a 50 year old man being in the twin towers during 9/11.Alissa shares a fascinating tale of a young lad who was given a necklace in his past life only to miraculously find it in his current life.Britt shares a devastating story of a kid who remembers drowning as an adult. She remembers that she had a baby of her own, a dog, a husband...
2024-04-1923 minSkeleTalesVacation HorrorsThis will make you feel a lot better about missing out on your spring break vacation this year.The ladies share tales of vacation horrors of the likes you wish to never encounter.Alissa starts off the episode with a story of a young kid vacationing on the Texas coast in Galveston. He's awoken by a young girl sharing a bed with him and his brother. He thinks it's his little sister and tells her to get up. She listens and leaves the bed.The next morning he discovers his sister was never in...
2024-04-0932 minSkeleTalesParanormal PaydayLooking for an excuse not to go to work tomorrow?We got you covered. These tales from the workplace will make you too freaked out to possibly even begin to think about going to work ever again.Our first story begins in the 70’s where a young man finds a great job in Chicago but right before he’s meant to leave, he has a terrible accident and is unable to go. Fate stepped in though because his would-have-been boss turned out to be none other than John Wayne...
2024-03-2841 minSkeleTalesHypnosis HorrorsYou are getting sleepy... very sleepy...when I count to three you will be enthralled with all the stories told in this episode. 1...2...3...You may have heard of hypnotists being able to help you remember your past life, but what about a story of your future planning? Alissa shares one planning session that involves microfiche, a room of professors, and a man who's dream is life is to be a hypnotist.Britt goes back in time and shares the story of Everton in 1909, a hypnotist who hypnotizes an audience member, jumps on his abdomen, then...
2024-02-0231 minSkeleTalesWe Put The Fun In FuneralsIn honor of Britt not dying last week, we celebrate with some fun fun funerals.After listening to this episode you will likely drive a bit more slowly past those cemeteries, look a little closer in those funeral home windows, and think twice when you see a butterfly.Alissa starts the episode off with a tale of the deceased taking the guesswork out of which coffin they want by choosing it from the afterlife....
2024-01-2532 minSkeleTalesLight People, Shadow Boners and Other Tales of the UnexplainedYou'll want to sleep with the lights on tonight after listening to this week's episode.Alissa starts us off with a story about chicken, cornbread, mashed potatoes and a blossoming friendship with a mysterious car salesman.Think you’re safe from ghosts while at work? Think again. Britt tells of a ghost who hangs out in the stock room of a business causing all kinds of mischief.We’ve all heard of shadow people or dark figured beings who like to hang out in doorways and corners but Alissa shocks us all with a st...
2024-01-0934 minSkeleTalesTop Paranormal News of 2023Let’s wrap up this year with the top paranormal news stories of 2023.Britt shares a story about not one but TWO security guards at a senior facility who love to talk to the residences of the building. The only problem is that the people who they are talking to have already died.Alissa remembers some headlines that are truly head scratchers starting with the billionaire sub that went missing whilst on a visit to see the Titanic wreckage. Also, that really str...
2023-12-3136 minSkeleTalesTime Keeps On Slippin'Lost time, lost buildings, or just losing it, Alissa and Britt dive into the world of time slips this week.Alissa starts us off with a story about a girl whose friend came to visit her in Australia. Months later this girl experiences time and space in strange ways only to then discover a true tragedy.Britt, who may or may not know what a time slip is, then shares a story of an American in England who experiences the world’s most perfect ke...
2023-12-2235 minSkeleTalesPremonition PartyYou know how your gut is telling you to listen to this week’s episode or something bad will happen? Well, we predict it’s right and you better do as it says!Alissa and Britt prepare a party of premonition stories for your ears this episode so buckle up!Britt starts off with a story of an antsy grandma who just has to leave 12 hours early for her flight and thank God she did otherwise the whole family would have died.Alissa shares a story of a...
2023-12-1329 minSkeleTalesForgotten TalesAlissa and Britt have unearthed stories thought to be long forgotten but be very glad they’ve been found.Britt begins with a tale of a girl who witnesses a woman doing laundry who came to peek in on her soap opera only to discover the woman was not real.Alissa freaks us out by sharing a story of a kid who keeps seeing a hand on his window only to discover there is no one there. Whose hand is it?!Britt jumps in with a story about a little boy who has so...
2023-11-2932 minSkeleTalesAmnesiaIf you find yourself in an unfamiliar place, wearing clothes you don’t recognize, not knowing what day it is, you’ve probably just finished listening to this episode.Alissa and Britt dive into the fascinating world of amnesia. Alissa starts us off with the different types of amnesia, then Britt jumps into her first tale of a fella named WO who went in for a standard root canal dental visit and now lives in a perpetual groundhog day scenario, reliving the day of his dental visit again and again...
2023-11-1537 minSkeleTalesTarot-fying TalesThis week Alissa looks into the cards to read our future and it’s TAROT-FYING! Well, not for Britt, her future is bright and full of wealth. Alissa’s cards say something a little different. Britt then dives into her first experience with tarot and how her reading 22 years ago blew the psychic’s mind and how the psychic kind of nailed her future.Alissa then shares a tale of a tarot reader who predicted a client’s future murder just in time to stop him from going...
2023-11-0741 minSkeleTalesMi Casa Es Boo CasaLet’s celebrate this Halloween with stories that will make you afraid to be in your home, or at the very least, make you afraid to have the lights off at night.Alissa starts off strong with a story of a haunted house that nearly kills its tenant, has mysterious black birds stuck between windows, and forks that mysteriously become bent.As your goosebumps recover from that story, Britt comes at you with a tale from Australia of a woman who has a demon take over her home so for...
2023-10-3035 minSkeleTalesHalloween HauntsTis’ the spooky season and Alissa and Britt are comin’ at ya with tales of mystery and horror.Alissa starts the show off with a Halloween story from a kid and his friend who enter an abandoned house filled with bats, wolves, crows, and a mysterious interdimensional twist. Another haunted house makes its way to the show when Britt shares a story of a guy who breaks into an old abandoned slave house only to find himself tormented by a demon afterwards.Alissa shares a story about...
2023-10-1636 minSkeleTalesHaunted HighwaysIf you thought you were safe in your car from all things paranormal and spooky, well think again.The spooky duo share several tales of haunted highways and the strangeness that can occur while on the road out there.Alissa starts off the episode with a perplexing tale of a young man who first finds himself lost on some back roads in the forest and then somehow mysteriously transported to another dimension or strange timeline.Britt then shares an Oregon story about a mysterious ghost car...
2023-10-0934 minSkeleTalesCryptid CornerIn this week's episode of SkeleTales, we venture into the Cryptid Corner, where all the cool Cryptids congregate. Before delving into the stories, the ladies must first complete the vital task of determining which Cryptid they are by taking what we'll assume was a personality quiz from Seventeen Magazine. The results are truly astounding.After sorting that out, Alissa moves on to more pressing matters, like discussing the Fresno Nightcrawlers, mysterious creatures that bear a striking resemblance to a tiny pair of marching skinny jeans. Where did they come from, and where are they going? Nobody knows.
2023-10-0335 minSkeleTalesASS - Acquired Savant SyndromeThis week Alissa and Britt dive into the wonderful world of ASS, aka Acquired Savant Syndrome.This fascinating syndrome appears in individuals who have had some kind of brain trauma and suddenly, without explanation, acquire incredible talents.Alissa talks about one of the very first documented cases from the late 1800's of Eadweard Muybridge. A tragic stagecoach accident left him with such awful brain trauma he was bleeding from the ears. From that he became a world famous photographer, inventor...and murderer. We fast forward in time where Britt tells the story of J...
2023-09-2640 minSkeleTalesWe're Back Baby!After a very relaxing and productive month off Britt and Alissa are back baby! They discuss their month off which was neither relaxing or productive and dive into some amazing stories that were worth the wait.Britt shares a tale from Tio who finds some human remains and then has a truly cursed night where he discovers how the human likely has died.Alissa then shares a story of an uncle who is an ex CIA agent who had a life changing experience when he encounters a young man who he believes to be a demon. A...
2023-09-1742 minSkeleTalesPost Campfire ChaosAfter hanging out around a campfire sipping some of Alissa’s fine tequila, the gals were in the mood to share some spooky tales.This very special in-person recording starts with an update from friend of the podcast Mel and more stories about her absolutely haunted house.Britt then shares a story about a woman who encounters an unearthly being who enters her bed, holding her captive. Not to be outdone, Alissa shares the most horrific story told on SkeleTales yet, a true story experienced by our...
2023-08-0135 minSkeleTalesRadical ReincarnationIs your toddler really your great grandfather? Is that birthmark really an old bullet wound? In this episode of Skeletales, your favorite hosts Britt and Alissa dive into the world of reincarnation. Brace yourselves as they explore kids' astonishing tales of past lives and the peculiar mysteries surrounding birthmarks.Alissa starts this adventure by sharing a few very compelling stories about children who remember their past lives. One child is born with the exact same birthmarks and scars from a sibling that had died several years earlier. Another child is having their diaper changed when they were...
2023-06-2352 minSkeleTalesLittle Boys Are Made of Frogs, Snails and Spooky TalesHold onto your little britches this week dear listeners because we're coming at ya with a variety of strangeness.Britt starts off the episode with a true tale from her living grandmother.This story is filled with the strangest of coincidences where her uncle John Charles as a little boy meets another boy named John Charles and become fast friends in both life and death.A little heart break and a little heart warming, this one has it all.Alissa shakes us all with a past life tale...
2023-06-0644 minSkeleTalesPhilippine Ghost StoriesSkeleTales hit the podcast charts in the Philippines so this week we dedicate this episode to all things creepy and haunted Filipino style.Britt begins with a popular Filipino folklore about the Aswang. This Vampire, were-beast, witch monster is the thing of nightmares. Such a versatile shape shifter leaves its mark on men, children and especially pregnant women.Alissa adds to the Aswang lore with her story of the terrifying Manananggal. This first person story happened THIS February and has left its witnesses in therapy.She also shares the lore of the Tambal...
2023-05-2636 minSkeleTalesA SkeleTales Favorite : Boning Originally Aired October 2021Enjoy this oldie but goodie "Boning" originally aired in October 2021.Oh boy, perhaps you can tell by the episode title that the ladies really meant business this week. Britt tells a spooky story of an uninvited guest sent in by her cool friend Esther with the bangs. Alissa reads a tale involving bangs of another kind that occur in haunted hotel in Portland Oregon sent in by Stephen Woolf. Coincidentally Britt then tells tasty tale of horror sent in by a woman named Wolfen from Oklahoma. Britt gives Alissa the evil eye, which she promptly pokes - boop!
2023-04-0847 minSkeleTalesBlackbeard and BasementsYou never know what might be lurking in that deep dark basement. Is it a demon or an old frame encasing a copy of the Declaration of Independence?This week Alissa and Britt keep you on the edge of your seat with tales of treasure and terror.Alissa shares the story of Edward Teach aka Black Beard and his buried treasure that might be closer than you think. So get out your shovel and EMF reader and get to hunting.Britt then takes a dark turn and shares a story about a basement...
2023-03-1742 minSkeleTalesThe Cursed Amethyst And Other Haunted ObjectsBeware, listening to this week's episode might curse you with sickness as it did with Alissa and Britt.This week the girls dive into stories of objects that are haunted and cursed.Brit shares the story of The Cursed Stolen Amethyst whose curse lasted through the generations cursing all who have it in their possession.Alissa regales a story shared by Bonnie who runs a second hand shop that is littered with haunted objects. Including a cabinet haunted by a cat.
2023-02-0533 minSkeleTalesBoners and BirthdaysSkeleton boners, mystifying birthday paradoxes, vengeful stardust, reincarnation and more!This week Britt and Alissa cover all sorts of tales of the strange and mystifying.Alissa informs us of a thing called the birthday paradox but doesn't go into too much detail because...numbers.The strangeness is how many family members she has who are born on or near the same day. Britt regails a story told by Margaret that takes place in an old abbey outside of London. Her and her roommate encounter a strange stardust like shimmering spirit who may...
2023-01-2749 minSkeleTalesUnsolved SkeleTalesHappy New Year! Or rather, Happy Boo Year!This weeks episode will lead you scratching your head in wonder and confusion as the ladies delve into the mysterious and unresolved world of unsolved mysteries. Alissa gives an update on the Great Glitter Conspiracy and puts forth a theory as to who or what is using all that glitter. Here’s a hint: Vaginas.You’ll then get lost in Britt’s tales of the polygon that everyone born before 1999 loves to fear, that right she’s talking about the Bermuda Triangle. Ships, planes and all y...
2023-01-1257 minSkeleTalesAliens Of The Miniature VarietyLook, in the sky! Is that a bird? A plane? Grandma? Nope, its just this week's episode of SkeleTales. The ladies once again gaze skyward to discuss the mysterious phenomena known as UFOs. Alissa discusses the Ariel School Incident, an alien encounter witnessed by dozens of children on a Zimbabwean schoolyard in the early 1990s. The aliens reportedly looked a bit like Michael Jackson and Alissa is now wishing she had made some kind of moonwalk joke during the retelling of this incident.Britt tells of a golden disc in Colorado and of a rash of...
2022-12-0544 minSkeleTalesPilgrim Ghosts and The First Brown FridayIn this very special Thanksgiving episode Alissa will blow your mind with some historical revelations about the grim scene the Pilgrims encountered when they disembarked the Mayflower while Britt harvested some stories about turds in honor of her favorite holiday, Brown Friday.But before all the talk of Turkey Day and Turds, Britt reveals that she is getting closer to identifying the entity that is haunting her new home in Portand. Hint: he wears a hat. She also reads a heartwarming tale of last words sent in by friend of the podcast Dawn of Dawn Frost Cosplays
2022-11-2441 minSkeleTalesChangelings and Last WordsOh boy, if this weeks episode seems a little off to you it is because Alissa believes that Britt has been swapped with a changeling and is diligently working on cracking the case - and eggs, to return your dear podcast host to you by next week.At first, everything seems perfectly normal, Alissa kicks off the episode with a listener response to her hot take that Princess Mononoke and movies of the like are the film version of melatonin. The listener reveals a helpful tip that will undoubtedly make not just movies, but all of life...
2022-11-1751 minSkeleTalesDark Fairies and Evil GnomesAfter listening to this episode, you may begin to deeply question your lawn ornament choices.We all have those little annoyances in our lives, well Britt's here to tell you that we have grandma to thank for those..or perhaps it's the fairies.Britt tells a story of a grandmother whose fairy circle was destroyed leaving her with cursed cattle and a chip on her shoulder.She tells us what the hell a fairy circle is and how they're interpreted in different cultures.Alissa recounts a mystifying tale of a young...
2022-11-0955 minSkeleTalesDemon Rainbow BunniesThis episode has it all; starving ghosts, possessed bunnies, time travel, and a near death experience that will have you scared to fly on a plane. Prepare for shivers up your spine when you hear Becca's write in of her recent experience speaking with the Irish owner of Kell's Irish Pub and his personal encounter with the red headed ghost that lurks in the kitchen searching for food.Alissa then regales a most enthralling write up from the 1800's of Thomas Beer and his haunted house in Devonshire England.Britt then veers directions a...
2022-11-0438 minSkeleTalesGlimmerman and The Great Glitter ConspiracyWarning: By the end of this episode, you will be googling glitter.This week’s podcast zigs when you think it will zag, pervs when you think it will prude, swoles when you think it will sag and sparkles like something that isn’t quite sparkly. Alissa immediately tanks the mood of the episode with a real buzzkill of a near death experience. Thankfully, Britt, being the human sunbeam that she is, is able to drag the episode back into the light with a delightful story of a pervy ghost who sexually harasses tenants of a Den...
2022-10-2750 minSkeleTalesHow To Date A GhostThe episode begins with Britt telling of the strange hauntings happening in her home shortly after a couple of probably haunted dolls made their way into her possession.After the 100th episode where Alissa and Britt spend the night in the haunted Hotel Andra, everyone is wondering "is it actually haunted?".We listen to the stories of the hotel valet who tells of the strange happenings he's experienced as well as his strong desire to date the 9th floor flapper girl who roams its hallways.Alissa then gives some sage advice on how...
2022-10-1945 minSkeleTalesTime (Zone) TravelersBefore getting into this week’s episode recap, you are invited to tune into SkeleTales live via zoom at 6PM PST on Saturday, October 1, 2022 for the 100th Episode Skelebration! Now, onto the matter of this week’s episode where the ladies discuss travelers of time, space, dimensions and zones. Alissa makes a decades old discovery that proves that residents of her neighborhood have been having close encounters of the third - and possibly threesome kind, for decades. And, speaking of the oldy times, the ladies pontificate on the potentials of time travel after Alissa relays the ta...
2022-09-2246 minSkeleTalesGraveyard Plot TwistIn this week’s episode the ladies unearth haunting tales of ghostly graveyards. Inspired by a spontaneous visit to the Black Diamond Cemetary, which is largely regarded as the most haunted graveyard in Washington State, Alissa digs into its history, mystery and lore. Britt excavates a tale from 18th century Ireland involving a woman, a ring, grave diggers and a plot twist that no one sees coming. The ladies linger on the topic of burial jewelry goals for a bit while Alissa shares the tale of a bracelet that won’t stay buried.Romantic graveyard getaw...
2022-09-0852 minSkeleTalesSpooky SeattleInspired by their recent visit together to "The Emerald City", this week Alissa and Britt share spooky tales from Seattle.Britt starts off by sharing a story about the Richard Hugo House an old Victorian house with a spooky past...and baby coffin.Alissa then dives into the history and truly scary tale of Linda Hazzard, Starvation Island, and how it connects to Seattle's Butterworth Mortuary, a current day Irish pub, now haunted by revengeful spirits and then some! Britt then tops off the episode with some haunted apartments around the Seattle area. A...
2022-08-2442 minSkeleTalesMore Haunted Tales From The SkeleTales HotlineIn this week’s episode Britt and Alissa tap into the SkeleTales Hotline to leak its listener stories. A prank call, a brush with Bundy and a delightfully touching dead grandpa are just some of the chilling tales told.But, that’s not all. This episode is brimming with audio delights. In a SkeleTales first Britt and Alissa actually place a phone call during the podcast. In search for a cure for their multiple ailments they call a number to request the services of a mysterious woman. Will she help them? Only time, and maggots, will tell....
2022-08-1755 minSkeleTalesDawn and the DeadCreeps, coincidences and cosplay are just some of the ghoulish delights covered in this week’s episode of SkeleTales. Listeners will learn a scandoulous secret about Britt’s driving habits which happens to steer the podcast into Alissa’s chosen topic of coincidences. Inspired by a post in the SkeleTales Community on Facebook, Alissa delves into the mystifying world of synchronicities with a quick detour to discuss the equally mystifying phenonma of Bro Trucks and Croc Balls.But Britt really brings the chills this week by sharing tales told to her by Dawn Frost of DawnFro...
2022-08-0458 minSkeleTalesA SkeleTales Favorite : Cult of the Bangs Originally Aired April 2021Enjoy this oldie but goodie, Cult of the Bangs, originally aired in April of 2021.Warning dear listeners, you may find yourself with bangs by the end of this episode. Please, proceed with caution.Prophecies, possessions, poltergeists, oh my, this episode is a veritable stew of the strange and unusual. Alissa serves up the first tale in this frightful feast by relaying the haunted lore that planted the seed from whence SkeleTales grew. An innocent inquiry about a petite pink house on a local Facebook page reveals that something dark may be lurking within its pastel w...
2022-07-061h 00SkeleTalesThis Cursed HouseIn his week’s episode of SkeleTales Britt and Alissa share tales of homes that seem to be carrying the weight and negative energy of tragic events that happened within, or adjacent to their walls. Alissa tells a story sent in by friend of the podcast, Dione, who shares a series of unfortunate events that befell a friends family while living in a rental property with tragic past. She then tells the tale of a spooky coincidence in spooky home with spooky past.Britt ponder whether her curent rental home is cursed (it is) before del...
2022-06-2947 minSkeleTalesThe Curious Case Of The Texas ShadowpeopleBritt is saying Adios to Austin and Alissa’s hands are bleeding from making Covid Oden avocado toast, so its a bit of breezy episode ths week. Breezy like your grandma’s yoga farts. Britt tells the tale of a boy who tries to attend a party only to find that he showed up to the wrong dimension. She also tells the tale of a horror house involving an old lady, a knife and an evil entity that will make you never want to shower again. Alissa reads a story from the SkeleTales hotbox sent in by...
2022-06-0837 minSkeleTalesThe Mermaids of Dale Hollow LakeY’all Britt and Alissa really had their thinking caps on tight for this weeks episode, solving paranormal mysteries like its their unpaid jobs. Britt gives an update on the whereabouts of the cadre of padres, a mysterious occurance on Dale Hollow Lake and a late night wake up call from a disembodied voice. Alissa brings in some nostalgia with a tale of mysterious friend who look out of place... and out of time at a church camp in Western New York and a childhood recollection of a not-so imaginary friend who lived in a time before math.
2022-03-2345 minSkeleTalesPremonitions and Ghostly VisitationsThis week’s episode will have you dreaming of a dream journal to document all the dead people who visit you while you slumber. That is of course Alissa and Britt’s hope, and its already a reality for Britt’s friend Sara who has a attracts deceased spirits who all met a similar demise. Alissa interjects with a story sent in by an old friend of the podcast who encountered her daughter before she was even born.As always, thanks for listening and haunt y’all later!Please email us your stories at skeletalespodcast@gmail.com...
2022-03-0250 minSkeleTalesParallel Timelines and Ghostly SignsYour dead grandma IS watching you, but Britt and Alissa can’t agree if she is playfully tormenting you for her own ghostly enjoyment or if she just observes your misteps with silent, but palpable judgement. So, they engage in a dead grandma competition and settle the like civil co-hosts before diving into this week’s tales of mystery and delight.Britt share’s a true tale of a dead grandma giving her loved ones signs from the great beyond and a story of a ghost who just called to say, “I haunt you.” A disturbing recollection of a witnes...
2021-12-1540 minSkeleTalesBunnyman and The WitchBunnyman, Bunnyman, Bunnyman! Hopefully you didn’t read those words aloud -otherwise you just summoned the crazed Bunnyman of Northern Virginia. Alissa shares the origins and lore surrounding the fuzzy folk legend before passing the mic to Britt who tells a truly unbelievabe real life tale of modern witchcraft. Alissa then wraps it up with a short tale of a short man named Andreas Kemser, better known as the Litte Red Man.Please send us your stories!skeletalespodcast@gmail.commAs always thanks for watching and haunt y’all laterSupport the show...
2021-12-0849 minSkeleTalesCreepy Kids and the Scary DairyHappy Thanksgiving Dear Listeners! In honor of the holiday Alissa gives Britt an impromptu lesson on the Lost Colony of Roanoke Virginia... even though the vanished English Settlers were totally not pilgrims and have nothing to do with Thanksgiving. But, it is spooky, so it counts!Britt freaks Alissa out with a creepy story of an entity who wants to be invited in and the narrator’s dumb dumb friend who abides the spirit. But, she balances it out with a story of jolly spirit who welcomes visitors into her home, so peace is restored to the Sk...
2021-11-2444 minSkeleTalesHot Sexy Ghost BreathDear listeners, please excuse Alissa’s audio and Britt’s snot fest in this week’s episode. First and foremost, its not the ‘rona! Britt is just regular sick and Alissa is a big dumb-dumb with a little microphone. But the ladies defied the odds stacked against them to bring you your weekly dose of SkeleTales so please do enjoy.Alissa saw a Shadow Person! And she reads tales of childhood horrors from SkeleTales fangirl Dione. Britt gets all hot and bothered talking about ghostly gasps and a friend’s terrifying evening serving in the military. Premonition dreams, gua...
2021-11-1150 minSkeleTalesBoningOh boy, perhaps you can tell by the episode title that the ladies really meant business this week. Britt tells a spooky story of an uninvited guest sent in by her cool friend Esther with the bangs. Alissa reads a tale involving bangs of another kind that occur in haunted hotel in Portland Oregon sent in by Stephen Woolf. Coincidentally Britt then tells tasty tale of horror sent in by a woman named Wolfen from Oklahoma. Britt gives Alissa the evil eye, which she promptly pokes - boop!This episode also marks the one year anniversay of B...
2021-10-2047 minSkeleTalesTime Loops and Froot LoopsDear listeners, please be warned, the working title of this episode was “Wacky Wednesday”, so if you are in an environment where snort lauging may be deemed as inappropriate please proceed with caution. In a very meta move, the ladies both happen to bring time travel story to the SkeleTable this episode. Britt brings a story of a rare strand of Mad Cow Disease and Alissa tells a tale of styish old woman who meets an untimely end.As always, thanks for listening and Haunt Y’all Later.Find us all the places: https://linktr.ee/Ske...
2021-09-0841 minSkeleTalesRotten Rhonda and the Shadow PeopleDear listeners, this episode will have you both shivering with fear and chuckling with delight, so please plan accordingly. Alissa revisits a red-eyed nun from an episode past and expllains a bit more about ghost boundaries before delving into another story featuring an evil entity whose preferred method of transportation is crawling on all fours.Britt continues the dark theme with a tale of dark oily entities on an inky black evening which provokes Alissa to share tips and tricks to survive social anxiety. Perhaps Alissa would not suffer from neuroses if she wo...
2021-09-0141 minSkeleTalesDoppelgängers and GoppeldängersThis week’s episode of SkeleTales will have you hearing double. But if you see a double of yourself, prepare to die because that was a doppelgänger and they are up to no good.Britt and Alissa swap stories of these evil little twins and explore the possible origins, history and intentions of doppelgängers.As always, thanks for listening and Haunt Ya Later!If you have a story you would like us to read on the podcast e-mail us at SkeleTalesPodcast@gmail.comSupport the showRe...
2021-08-2551 minSkeleTalesA SkeleTalk With Monica Ballard of Austin Ghost ToursIn this week’s episode Britt and Alissa sat down with Monica Ballard of Austin Ghost Tours. Monica is a long time ghost tour guide, a paranormal investigator, and the author of the book “True Haunted Tales of the Driskill Hotel: Volume 1” And, she was a pure delight to have on the podcast.Book a ghost tour with Monica at Austin Ghost Tours:https://austinghosttours.com/about/#monica-ballardBuy Monica’s book about the Driscoll Hotel here:https://smile.amazon.com/True-Haunted-Tales-Driskill-Hotel/dp/1932226877/ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_g4368549507?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Ae...
2021-08-181h 14SkeleTalesEye Of NewtA monumental discovery was made during this week’s episode of SkeleTales and it will no catapult your darlings hosts to the Nobel Peace Prize nomination list for groundbreaking work in the field of Witchcraft. The ladies will be sure to thank you, dear listeners, in their acceptance speech.Alissa shares a brush with death that leads to the aforementioned witchy epiphany before sharing a tale of a hospitable southern spirit and its gracious host. She then counters that delightful story with a disturbing account of a decidedly inhospitable Djinn in a Thai hostel.Britt’s ya...
2021-08-0443 minSkeleTalesMothman and the GranbamasThis week’s episode of SkeleTales is wearing a red bandana and ready to kick some ghostly ass. Britt initiates the spiritual beatdown with a terrifying trio of tales all set in homes of advanced age. Haunted children, cats and cryptids all make appearances in her paranomal portfolio. Alissa tells the harrowing tale of a close encounter with a creature that can only be Mothman, the infamous Cryptid who is said to be a harbinger of doom. She then gives a nod to Britt’s Badass Bookclub with a tale of a departed bibliophile and then recalls the time she su...
2021-07-2852 minSkeleTalesOuija Is The New TinderDear listeners, this is the episode that almost wasn’t. Internet woes, broken microphones and time itself all seem to be working in unison to confound your darling hosts. It was almost as if someone... or something placed a curse upon the episode. But by the power of Michael the IT guy, wine and willpower this episode survived to tell its tales.Speaking of surviving, Alissa’s first tales are Near Death Experiences. Be warned, these are not your typical warm and fuzzy NDEs.Britt then reports on her NSE (No Sleep Experience) while visiting her...
2021-07-2152 minSkeleTalesUrban LegendsLegend has it that if you say ‘SkeleTales’ three times into a mirror you will be doomed to speak in a poorly executed Australian accent for the rest of your days. Likewise, if your phone rings and the person on the end of the line breathes heavily before maniacally snort laughing, leave your home immediately, there is a SkeleTale inside your house!Thats right folks, this week’s enigmatic episode focuses on the very real phenomena of false fables known as Urban Legends. Are lesser known Urban Legends sub-urban legends? If so, then, dear listeners check your backse...
2021-07-1456 minSkeleTalesHaunted Mashed PotatoesThis week’s warm serving of SkeleTales will all of satiate your spooky cravings. From unxplained event off the coast of Shag Harbor, Nova Scotia to a Aussie’s odd encounter in a New Orleans Hotel, this is something of an international fright fest.Britt’s friend kept SkeleTales in mind when booking a recent trip to New Orleans, electing to stay on the most haunted floor of the notorious Hotel Monteleone in the French Quarter. According to Becca, the Inn’s haunted reputation is well deserved.Heading north for a bit, Alissa brings stories of unexpl...
2021-06-3048 minSkeleTalesTouched By A GhostIn this week’s episode the ladies bring you stories of ghostly encounters coincidentaly include encounters of the closest kind... the touching kind. Ghostly hand holding, ghostly foot grabbing, ghostly shoulder brushing, all sorts of body parts are being touched by spirits unseen.Britt starts hot out of the gates with an adorable anecdote about inflicting the touch of death upon what the ladies agreed was her grandmother in spider form. Not too worry, she will be back soon in the form of one of Britt’s pet rats where she will inevitably succumb once again to Brit...
2021-06-2358 minSkeleTalesA SkeleTalk With Derrick Krobusek of Bat City SubiesThis week Alissa and Britt sit down with Derrick Krobusek, a man with stories to satisfy all of your paranormal needs.Derrick is the founder of an awesome Subaru group in Austin called Bat City Subies. He is a multi-talented man with the skills to fix cars, houses, and Alissa’s mind about the supernatural. Derrick finally tells the story he’s been teasing for months about a brewery ghost that likes to sneak in late at night and scare the staff. This one involves a diagram so you get an audio and visual on this...
2021-06-1645 minSkeleTalesSkeleTales In Space - UFOs, UAPs and Skinwalker RanchY’all, its time. The ladies busted out the space dust, donned their tinfoil caps and set their phasers to ‘stun’ - as in, they will stun you, dear listeners, with some out of this world tales of unexplained ariel phenomenon (UAPs) in this week’s episodeAlissa briefly surfaced from a 96 hour deep dive into a cosmic rabbit hole to record, bringing with her the truth about UFOs according to Blink-182’s former frontman Tom DeLonge; the truth that he said she and Britt they couldn’t handle. But Tommy boy underestimated your dear hosts, they handled the...
2021-06-091h 03SkeleTalesHatman and The White LadyBelieve it or not folks, the ladies did not immediately shut down the podcast after the Drunkisode and showed up once again to bring you some tales that will chill you to the bone... or at the least, impart a light breeze to your bones. Rochester, NY is known to chill a bone or two with its brutal winters and lake effect snow, but the legend of The Lady In White will give you goosebumps all year round. Alissa tells one version of this pale-frocked legend in which someone does, quite literally, get chilled to the bone and...
2021-06-021h 00SkeleTalesThe DrunkisodeDear listeners, this is the infamous Drunkisode, resurrected from Britt’s champagne soaked laptop and lightly edited for your listening pleasure. Though the ladies' recollection of this recording summons imagery of firey trainwrecks, upon sober review of the footage, this episode is surprisingly coherent. Britt kicks off the episode with a gallon of champagne and a haunting tale of why you should never ask a ouija board when you will die. Alissa then gives a peek inside the brain of little Allie Wilson with a charming elementary school murder mystery which, amazingly, did not win her a trip...
2021-05-261h 12SkeleTalesA SkeleTalk with Psychic Alex Dixon of Third Eye Alley CatWell folks, it finally happened, after weeks of what you, dear listeners, likely began to view as empty promises, SkeleTales is proud to present to you our SkeleTalk with Psychic Reader, Astrologist and Spell Caster Extraodinaire Alex Dixon of Third Eye Alley Cat. As ye old Heinz 57 commercial so sagely preached; good things do come to those who wait.Alex is a sixth generation psychic reader and healer who has been immersed in the otherworldly arts since birth. Unsurprisingly, he came highly recommended for his psychic abilities and extensive knowledge of all things occult. Graciously agreeing to...
2021-05-191h 16SkeleTalesPart 2: SkeleTales Spooky Dooky AMA (Ask Me Anything)While sequels are often the eviler, more boring doppelganger of the originals, this encore episode is like the cooler older cousin of last week’s AMA. Its uncertain if the ladies’ brains grew in a week's time or perhaps your questions were hit harder, but hot damn, Britt and Alissa really spew the paranormal knowledge right in your face this week.Early on in the episode Alissa gobbles up a quesion posed about UFOs and extraterrestrials like its a bowl of lucky charms right after Britt takes a big skeptical dump in it. Alissa returns the favor when...
2021-05-111h 00SkeleTalesPart 1: SkeleTales Spooky Dooky AMA (Ask Me Anything)30 Episodes in and Britt and Alissa are pretty much spooky shit experts. So you, dear listeners, were challenged to test the wits, knowledge and paranormal know-how of your lovely hosts... and boy, did you deliver. Mind-bending queries pertaining to haunted perishables, pronunciation, purring reincarnatees and more were hurled at the ladies who answered them with admirable confidence and finesse. This episode will no doubt be studied by paranormal scholars in centuries to come due to the high quality knowledge laid out within.So abundant were your queries that despite their elite skills, they were unable t...
2021-05-0554 minSkeleTalesOf Mice and Death Bed VisionsGood evening, and welcome to this weeks enthralling episode of SkeleTales. Once again your dear hosts have rejected thematic programming, bringing whatever wayward tales they stumbled upon.Intrigued by the unexplained happenings occuring at the time of death, Alissa brings tales of death bed visions. While this may sound like a foray into dark, morbid waters, the stories she shares are surprisingly heartwarming and delightfully diverse. Tales of angels, dimes, cardinal and even good ‘ol Jesus H. himself make appearances in these tales that dance upon the veil between life and death.Britt, as usual, has...
2021-04-281h 03SkeleTalesCult of the BangsWarning dear listeners, you may find yourself with bangs by the end of this episode. Please, proceed with caution.Prophecies, posessions, poltergeists, oh my, this episode is a veritable stew of the strange and unusual. Alissa serves up the first tale in this frightful feast by relaying the haunted lore that planted the seed from whence SkeleTales grew. An innocent inquiry about a petite pink house on a local facebook page reveals that something dark may be lurking within its pastel walls.Much like the blush abode is Alissa’s tale, the cat in Britt’s sto...
2021-04-2159 minSkeleTalesSkeleTales School For Haunted ChildrenIn this week's episode of SkeleTales the ladies once again go on a chaotic bender of stories untethered to a central theme. Yet, as Jeff Goldblum once taught us, even in chaos, patterns begin to emerge and tonight’s tales are no exception.Britt once again harvests her stories from the ghoulish garden that is Nextdoor. She tells the story of Sally, whose holiday weekend was cut short by a child’s laugh and a locked door. Perhaps emboldened by her previous encounter, Sally goes on to attend a ghost tour in Spring, Texas where her senses are...
2021-04-1458 minSkeleTalesShowdown In SkeleTownHowdy y’all dear listeners! From the title of this episode you may be all geared up for some good old western ghost stories. Well, if you consider modern day Austin, Washington, DC and Rochester, NY and Indonesia the old west, then you are in luck. While these tales may lack gunslingers, Alissa and Britt are veritable storyslingers, firing tales of the strange and unusual at each other with ruthless abandon. Alissa takes the first shot with a delightful tale of a missing cat and the pet psychic tasked with cracking the case. In doing so t...
2021-04-071h 06SkeleTales23andMysteryIn this week’s episode of SkeleTales where Britt and Alissa discuss one of the great mystery of life that are families. What are families but complex webs of DNA, flesh and emotions that confounds logic, reason and at times, sanity?Alissa demonstrates how the simple act of spitting in a tube can dramatically shift an individual's sense of family, self and identity - with a little help from a meddling cousin. Her tale is more than a year in the making and includes a twist that you, dear listeners, will never see coming.Not be...
2021-03-311h 14SkeleTalesA SkeleTalk With Dr. Kris Sumner of Soul Sisters ParanormalIn this week’s episode Britt and Alissa sit down for a SkeleTalk with Dr. Kris Sumner of Soul Sisters Paranormal. An overnight stay in an abandoned jail cell may sound like a form of cruel torture to some, but to Kris and her girl gang of paranormal investigators, it is an idyllic vacation destination. Kris and company seek out the most haunted places in America to record and tell the the stories of the spirits they encounter. Rigourous research, captivating story-telling and unique methodology set the Soul Sisters apart from the paranormal pack. From soap-operas to cigarettes, they go...
2021-03-241h 07SkeleTalesNight Of The Zombie FliesPrepare to be horrified, delighted, spooked and awed by the tales in this week’s episode of SkeleTales. Britt and Alissa once again toy with chaos in yet another unthemed episode where anything goes.If you have wondered what Alissa and Britt look like they start the episode discussing doppelgänger and perfect strangers' bang-on assessment of their looks. No need for photographs, the ladies' visages will be engrained into your mind’s eye through the power of spoken word and mildly insulting celebrity comparisons.Then, dear listeners, you will be transported to the year 1996 when...
2021-03-171h 03SkeleTalesTales From AlissaquahThis week’s tales of the strange will transport you, dear listener, to the lush Eden of Alissa’s hometown of Issaquah, Washington. Nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, Issaquah and the surrounding wilds are teeming with life... and tales of death and mystery.An exception is made to the Pacific North Western critereon to allow Britt to stun you with a mind-blowing update about our favorite not-so-imaginary friend Jada. After listening little doubt will be left in your mind that 3 year old Elise knows too much about a little girl who died years before her...
2021-03-101h 23SkeleTalesSuck A CrystalIn a radical deviation from past episodes, the stories in this week’s podcast do not conform to any set theme - the only requirement is that they be strange, unsual, spooky or odd. Can you handle the chaos!? Alissa, of course, pounces on the opportunity to finally share a Near Death Experience (NDE) which involves a rogue psychic reading in a Taco Bell. This reminds her of a time she had her aura read in the bread aisle of a health food store and the outcome defied expectations.Britt continues to milk the paranormal hon...
2021-03-031h 06SkeleTalesA SkeleTalk With Dr. Mad Man Maverick of Austin Ghost ToursPrepare to be amazed, entertained and enriched because Austin’s very own Dr. Mad Man Maverick is a man of many talents, or, as Alissa would attempt to say, he is a multipotentialite. Maverick is an Expert Guide at Austin Ghost Tours, the Author of The Spirits of 6th Street: Austin’s Most Haunted Path, a magician, a fire eater, an axe thrower, an emcee, a storyteller, a bouncer, and even a tarot card reader. Is there anything this mad man can’t do?!? Well, as Britt and Alissa learned, he does have a wee bit of trouble...
2021-02-2456 minSkeleTalesAustin, You Are A Spooky SOBThis week the girls venture over to Britt’s stomping grounds in the Lone Star State to talk about all the spooky stuff happening in Austin Texas.Alissa reveals her new super power of being able to see smells which she discovered by watching @celinespookyboo over at TikTok while she eats a blue snowcone. Sadly this means she no longer can look at her beloved photos of dog poo.The first story takes you into Britt’s very own neighborhood where a classic pioneer style homestead is said to be ha...
2021-02-171h 20SkeleTalesSpooky Sleepy Time SpiritsOh the cruel irony that this week's episode is about sleepy time spirits when publishing it resulted in a sleepless night for Alissa as she exorcised gremlins from her mac who apparently deemed these tales too terrifying for the world hear. Thankfully, fueled by the power of tech rage, coffee and the placebo effect of ordering all of the adapter cables available on Amazon, she was able to reclaim control of her computer, and release these stories of spooky slumber.One may assume that they are about to embark on an episode full of tales of sleep...
2021-02-1158 minSkeleTalesHaunted Houses Of Unknown ShapeThe haunted houses in this episode do have a shape, but somehow, despite descriptions intended to aid your dear hosts in envisioning these dwellings, they remain confounded. What is indesputable is the paranomal activity at work within these amorphous abodes.Our first story follows the saga endured by SkeleTales listener Dan, whose body, ears and soul were tormented by an entity seemingly determined to run him off of the circa 1775 homestead he purchased near Haunted Lake in Southern New Hampshire. A ghostly game of ding dong ditch and an uninvited squeeze of the neck were just harbingers...
2021-02-0358 minSkeleTalesMilitary HauntingsPut on your tactical gear because the gals are coming at you with Military Mysteries inspired by Heather Percy’s tale of her time at Hickam Airforce Base in Oahu, Hawaii. A mysterious presence at Camp Pendleton in California makes Britt want to throat punch a baby ghost while a story Alissa was told many years ago by a Vietnam veteran triggers a series of miraculous flashbacks. A baffling experience in a German military hospital blurs the lines between time and dimensions and an unsettling work environment force soldiers to experiment with dark forces and dirty laundry. An i...
2021-01-271h 06SkeleTalesA Man And His Peanut - A SkeleTalk With Mitch Williams of Dirtfish Rally SchoolDespite the fates conspiring against us to muffle these tales of mystery and adventure, we are pleased to finally be publishing this very special SkeleTalk featuring Alissa’s darling husband, the very handsome and talented, Mitchell Williams.While it may appear that we just decided to interview whomever we had lying around our homes as a filler episode, you would be dearly mistaken because you are, in fact, in for a treat! Mitch is here to share tales from beyond the pale that he experienced growing up in a haunted farmhouse in western New York and, more re...
2021-01-2051 minSkeleTalesTales From The Facebook - Part 2Dear listeners, as promised, this week’s episode brings more Tales From The Facebook, where Britt and Alissa read stories sourced from their SkeleTales Community. So, if you are a member of the group and have shared a tale of mystery, horror, awe or otherwise, prepare accordingly because you just may hear your name and story beamed directly into your cochlea. Loyal listeners and newcomers alike will no doubt be entertained by the spooky anecdotes of ghouls, crypto’s, UFOs and more. We want to hear your stories! E-mail us your family lore, near death experiences, hauntings, ghostl...
2021-01-1352 minSkeleTalesTales From The Facebook - Part 1In this very special 13th episode of SkeleTales, Britt and Alissa read stories sourced from their SkeleTales Community on Facebook! So, if you are a member of the group and have shared a tale of mystery, horror, awe or otherwise, prepare accordingly because you just may hear your name and story beamed directly into your cochlea. Loyal listeners and newcomers alike will no doubt be entertained by the spooky anecdotes of ghouls, freaky farmhouses, fugitives and more. We want to hear your stories! E-mail us your family lore, near death experiences, hauntings, ghostly encounters, crazy coincidences, signs f...
2021-01-0654 minSkeleTalesSpooky Furry BeastsFrom a bizarre roadside creature spotted near Devil’s Backbone, Texas, to a dog who stares at ghosts in Minnesota, this episode of SkeleTales is woven of yarns involving animals in some shape, form... or spirit. A disturbing sight on a remote road in the Texas wilderness leaves Britt’s friends Natalie and Lindsay questioning reality, while a dog, a pack of batteries and a disembodied voice help Alissa’s friend Lori bust her bare-assed ex-boyfriend in a compromising situation. Then Cat-lover, Pastry Chef and friend of the podcast Kendall Melton wrote in to tell a ghostly tale of her dearl...
2020-12-301h 02SkeleTalesJust Say ‘No' To Ouija - A SkeleTalk with Melanie AllisonIn this week’s episode the ladies delve into the terrifying and mysterious realm of podcast interviews. Melanie Allison, an Austin based Artist, Model and Magazine Founder bravely volunteered to be the SkeleTales lab rat and share her spooky tales of torment with hosts Britt and Alissa. Still haunted by her experiences as a child, Mel tells of how her family’s brand new dream home in Mesquite, Texas, became a house of horrors after a spin on an Ouija Board invited a menacing ghost into the abode. Taking various forms over the years, the spectre took quite a shin...
2020-12-2356 minSkeleTalesWintery TalesPour yourself a hot toddy, light a fire and settle in while Britt Kilpatrick and Alissa Williams tell you tales from a time when the days are short and the nights are long. Thats right folks, this week the gals are telling wintery tales. Alissa's great-grandfather puts the H.V. into Holiday Vibe with a story of his Santa antics at the old homestead outside of Buffalo, NY. Maybe H.V. could also put the ‘V' in Veteran’s day, which is the day on which, years later, Alissa’s grandmother and cousins try to disipline some disobedient aparations in a n...
2020-12-161h 02SkeleTalesHotel Hauntings Y’all!This episode will have you thanking your lucky stars that you can’t travel right now. Pretty much all hotels are haunted by spirits who are itching to creep your holiday right up. Britt introduces us to the ghosts of Samantha Houston and Colonel Jesse Driskill who inhabit the Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas and who are known to haunt guests and employees alike. The girls then have a good laugh about dead baby paintings before Alissa tells a quick anecdote of her time at the Genessee Valley Club in Rochester, NY which is not at all a hotel, bu...
2020-12-091h 17SkeleTalesPremonitionsThis week the ladies discuss the mysterious and confounding phenomena of premonition, precognition, deva ju, intuition... all the ways people are given glimpses into the future. Britt’s family is all about seeing them future babies and shares a tale of yet another Ben saving her Grandmother from disaster. Alissa is really out to solve the case on this one and it goes as one would expect but does share some interesting theories on the phenomena, including a highly scientific experiment involving nudie mags. She also relays a few premonitory tales including a little girl who wakes in the mid...
2020-12-021h 07SkeleTalesHaunted Homesteads Y’allIn this episode Britt and Alissa both happen to have found stories that occur at idyllic homesteads on opposite sides of the country. Britt’s tale describes the night a dark energy stalked and poorly serenaded her mother Debbie during a visit to MawMaw's house in Splendora, Texas in the 1970s. Was it a ghost? A demon? A vampire? You be the judge. Alissa then reads a story sent in by Katie, a dear listener and friend, who tells of strange experiences at her grandparent’s house at the base of Mt. Watatic in Ashby, Massachusetts. Built in 1750, the gorge...
2020-11-251h 02SkeleTalesTales of the Oldie TimesIn this week's episode Britt and Alissa tell tales of the days of yore, of souls who roamed the earth in centuries past, yet whose stories, and spirits, live on. An old timey letter from Alissa’s friend Mandy, the curator of Vintage Scrapbooks and Ephemera over at Paper of the Past, really puts the skeletal into SkeleTales with a disturbingly descriptive account of a macabre Victorian errand.Britt pulls us out of the 1890s creepfest with a delightful tale of her friend Mel getting the bejesus scared out of her by a musical ghost wit...
2020-11-1850 minSkeleTalesTerror In The NightIn this week’s episode Britt ties up some loose ends on the spirits (or jackalopes), that haunted her and her brothers at their home on Rodeo Drive in Denton, Texas. All the talk of roof monsters reminds Alissa of a time where the line between urban legend and reality became blurred thanks to the Kaboony Boy. The crown jewel of this episode comes in the form of a listener story sent all the way from New Zealand, the homeland of Alissa’s fake boyfriend, Flight of the Conchords star, Jemaine Clement. Our listener Helen tells the tale of a per...
2020-11-1157 minSkeleTalesBrushes With DeathAlissa tells Britt about being introduced to her Spirit Guide who tries to warn her of the troubles that will befall her this week. The ladies go on to discuss occassions whence the grim reaper took a swing at them - but missed. From Britt’s mechanical incompetence as a teen, to Alissa’s questionable judgement on an evening run in Boston, to a truly miraculous rescue on Ray Roberts Lake in Texas, this episode will have you laughing, gasping and will no doubt lead you to thinking about your own brushes with death.We want to hear...
2020-11-0455 minSkeleTalesFamily LoreIn this episode Britt and Alissa tell the ghost stories and tales of haunted places that shaped them and their family members. Britt recalls how a ghost interrupted a hot toothy makeout session in her childhood home in Denton, Texas and how her brother was tormented by a spirit residing in the The Lovelander Hotel in Loveland, Colorado. Alissa relays how her mother suffered many sleepless nights in Denville, New Jersery thanks to her older sister, an ouija board and the spectre of a plaid clad lumberjack. She goes on to tell of the hauntings, tragedies and lore that...
2020-10-2855 minSkeleTalesA Series of Fortunate EventsBritt and Alissa discuss their unlikely origin story, their stint as rally racecar drivers and an extra colorful Fourth of July. Alissa relays the wild series of events that culminate in the amazing discovery in an old abandoned pharmacy. This ones got a bit of everything; crazy coincidences, signs from the universe and treasure!We want to hear your stories! E-mail us your stories of finding treasure, signs from the universe, near death experiences, hauntings, ghostly encounters, crazy coincidences, close encounters of the third kind, psychic phenomena and any tales of the strange, unusual or unexplained.
2020-10-211h 02SkeleTalesIntroducing SkeleTales (If you are a new listener read *Disclaimer*)*Disclaimer* The ladies have really tightened up their podcasting game since this inaugural episode; better audio, less intro chat; think Season 1 Simpsons vs. present day Simpsons. Soooo, you might wanna give a newer episode a listen if your goal is to see if SkeleTales is the right choice for you. (It is.) Thanks and Haunt Ya Later!Get to know your hosts Alissa Williams and Britt Kilpatrick as they reflect on questionable childhood choices, why they are interested in ghost stories, true crime, psychic phenomena and tales of the weird. Alissa relays an unexplained story that has...
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